Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, a signal indicating a configuration for the UE to report channel state information (CSI) associated with a first set of reference signals. In some examples, the UE may receive a set of reference signals less than the first set and evaluate one or more rules for generating a CSI report based on receiving the set of reference signals. In some examples, the UE may refrain from generating the CSI report if none of the reference signals from the first set are received. In some examples, the UE may refrain from generating the CSI report of at least one reference signal is missing from the first set. In some examples, the UE may refrain from generating the CSI report if a threshold number of reference signals are missing from the first set.